Online hackathons in India, open now
Every open hackathon you can join from anywhere, without travelling for it. 167 online hackathons open in India now, 43 closing this week, ₹12.9Cr in listed prizes. Dates, fees and prizes from the organisers' own listings, refreshed daily.
Checked against the organisers' listings on .
Closing this week
Registration shuts first on these. Sorted by deadline.
- Threws Odyssey 2026
Threws - The Research World · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowOnlineFree ₹1.5L 790 registeredProject managementResearch - Ostad Presents YUNet AIgnite Buildathon 2026
Youth Upskill Network - YUNet · listed on Devpost
Closes tomorrowOnlineFree 418 registered - Girls Who Code HHS Hackathon 2026
Girls Who Code HHS · listed on Devpost
Closes tomorrowOnlineFree ₹4K 100 registered - Next Horizon 2026
The Institution of Engineers and Scientists · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowOnlineFree ₹1.5L 240 registered - Bug Bounty
Oronzo LLP · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 6 NovOnlineFree 433 registeredSecurityTesting - Pumpkin Playground
ACM Long Beach · listed on Devpost
Closes in 2 days · 6 NovOnlineFree ₹4K 219 registered - Reverse Coding Challenge 2026
InfoTechiezz · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 6 NovOnlineFree 766 registered - VibeX codes 26
globalyogacourse · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 7 NovOnlineFree ₹33.4L 1,381 registeredProject managementCommunication
Paid internships for builders
Open now, with a stipend. Most you can do from home.
Biggest prizes
As the organisers list them.
- Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026
Meta · listed on Devpost
Register by 18 NovOnlineFree ₹8.4Cr 5,146 registered - UGREEN Hackathon 2026 on AI NAS
UGREEN · listed on Devpost
Register by 16 NovOnlineFree ₹38.6L 1,285 registered - HackTheFashion Global'26
FabricVTON · listed on Devpost
Register by 25 NovOnlineFree ₹37.8L 95 registered - VibeX codes 26
globalyogacourse · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 7 NovOnlineFree ₹33.4L 1,381 registeredProject managementCommunication
All 167 open online hackathons
By deadline. Each opens the organiser's listing to register.
- Threws Odyssey 2026
Threws - The Research World · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowOnlineFree ₹1.5L 790 registeredProject managementResearch - Ostad Presents YUNet AIgnite Buildathon 2026
Youth Upskill Network - YUNet · listed on Devpost
Closes tomorrowOnlineFree 418 registered - Girls Who Code HHS Hackathon 2026
Girls Who Code HHS · listed on Devpost
Closes tomorrowOnlineFree ₹4K 100 registered - Next Horizon 2026
The Institution of Engineers and Scientists · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowOnlineFree ₹1.5L 240 registered - Bug Bounty
Oronzo LLP · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 6 NovOnlineFree 433 registeredSecurityTesting - Pumpkin Playground
ACM Long Beach · listed on Devpost
Closes in 2 days · 6 NovOnlineFree ₹4K 219 registered - Reverse Coding Challenge 2026
InfoTechiezz · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 6 NovOnlineFree 766 registered - VibeX codes 26
globalyogacourse · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 7 NovOnlineFree ₹33.4L 1,381 registeredProject managementCommunication - Next Byte Hacks V5
Next Byte Hacks · listed on Devpost
Closes in 3 days · 7 NovOnlineFree ₹8K 631 registered - 2026 UXC NYU Fall Design-a-thon
New York University · listed on Devpost
Closes in 3 days · 7 NovOnlineFree ₹84K 133 registered - Redshifted Cortex - AI built by High Schoolers
Redshifted · listed on Devpost
Closes in 3 days · 7 NovOnlineFree 19 registered - BharatCode Build League
Bharat Code · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 7 NovOnlineFree 1,049 registeredAPIsAI/ML - Operation Ward Zero
Wooble Software Private Limited · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 7 NovOnlineFree ₹10K 157 registeredRESTAPIsAnalytics - Db2Hack 2026 | Build AI Applications on IBM Db2
GL Bajaj Group of Institutions, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 8 NovOnlineFree 129 registered - CodePuneThinkers Hackathon - Hack With Pune
HackWithPune · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 8 NovOnlineFree 1,637 registered - Low-Level Hackathon
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore · part of Synergy 2026 · listed on Unstop
Closes in 4 days · 8 NovOnlineFree ₹23K 224 registered - UXDC Designathon - 2026
UXDC - Ucalgary design club · listed on Devpost
Closes in 4 days · 8 NovOnlineFree ₹17K 50 registered - Coding Track - NITS Hacks 9.0
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar · part of NITS Hacks 9.0 · listed on Unstop
Closes in 4 days · 9 NovOnlineFree ₹1.1L 14 registered - Software Track – NITS Hacks 9.0
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar · part of NITS Hacks 9.0 · listed on Unstop
Closes in 4 days · 9 NovOnlineFree 18 registered - Learn AR with SPECS
Devpost · listed on Devpost
Closes in 5 days · 9 NovOnlineFree ₹2.1L 1,122 registered - Datanova 2026 Global Data-Thon - 1.7 Lakh prize money
Swiss School of Management, Rome, Italy · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 9 NovOnline 222 registered - AetherHack
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 9 NovOnlineFree 40 registeredCommunicationResearch - CodeNova India 2026 - National Hackathon
WeCodeCoders · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 10 NovOnlineFree 817 registered - Out of Bounds - Web Game Development Hackathon (Paid)
Code Variant · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 10 NovOnlineFree ₹12K 167 registered - Great Indian AI Internship Challenge
Gnani.ai · listed on gnani.ai
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovOnline ₹5LMachine learningPython - DATANOVA 2026 GLOBAL DATA-THON
DataNova · listed on Devpost
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovOnlineFree ₹1.5L 91 registered - Shaastra Programming Contest 2027
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras · part of SHAASTRA 2027, IIT · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovOnlineFree 808 registeredPythonC++ - CodeHive Community Duel Night
Code Hive · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovOnlineFree 392 registered - The Atomiq Hackathon | Qiskit Fall Fest 2026 at IEM
Institute of Engineering & Management · listed on Devpost
Closes in 7 days · 11 NovOnlineFree ₹10K 74 registered - FirstCommit '26 — National Online Hackathon
Campus Code · listed on Unstop
Closes in 7 days · 11 NovOnlineFree ₹3K 624 registered - Innovate - Online Hackathon
Aveeranex (OPC) Private Limited · listed on Unstop
Closes in 7 days · 11 NovOnlineFree 514 registered - Cipher Chase — Capture the Flag
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore · part of Synergy 2026 · listed on Unstop
Register by 12 NovOnlineFree ₹15K 244 registeredSecurityTesting - Pokerbots
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore · part of Synergy 2026 · listed on Unstop
Register by 12 NovOnlineFree ₹42K 192 registered - The Liar's Chatroom
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore · part of Synergy 2026 · listed on Unstop
Register by 12 NovOnlineFree ₹25K 133 registered - VOYAGEHACK 4.0
TBO.com · listed on Unstop
Register by 12 NovOnlineFree ₹6L 10,805 registeredDocumentation - Bug Bounty: Multiverse Wars Competition
Hackosquad · listed on Unstop
Register by 12 NovOnlineFree 248 registeredAPIsSecurityTestingResearch - The Last Daemon
Beunwrapd · listed on Unstop
Register by 12 NovOnlineFree 51 registeredSecurityTesting - Queryquest: SQL Problem-Solving Challenge
The National Institute of Engineering, Karnataka · listed on Unstop
Register by 12 NovOnlineFree 50 registeredSQLMysql - Tatusta
Thakur College of Engineering and Technology (TCET), Mumbai · listed on Unstop
Register by 12 NovOnlineFree 32 registered - Madlab - The Ultimate Innovation Hackathon
Shri Chinai College of Commerce & Economics · listed on Unstop
Register by 12 NovOnlineFree 22 registeredCommunication - CodeZen India 2026 - National Hackathon
WeCodeCoders · listed on Unstop
Register by 13 NovOnlineFree 890 registered - Technothon
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Agartala · listed on Unstop
Register by 13 NovOnlineFree ₹5K 10 registeredResearch - Catalyst - Solo AI Hackathon
Makers Need More (MnM) · listed on Unstop
Register by 13 NovOnlineFree ₹15K 2,381 registered - InIt CTF
HIII (Hackers In India) · listed on Unstop
Register by 13 NovOnlineFree 470 registeredSecurityTesting - MassX CTF 2026
Panipat Institute of Engineering & Technology (PIET), Panipat · listed on Unstop
Register by 13 NovOnlineFree 27 registeredSecurityTesting - Lun4R CTF 2026
Rajadhani Institute of Engineering and Technology · listed on Unstop
Register by 13 NovOnlineFree ₹1L 1,985 registeredSecurity - Agentic AI Hackathon
Product Space · listed on Unstop
Register by 14 NovOnlineFree ₹1L 41 registeredAPIsAI/ML - Avishkaar Season 4 (Virtual) Hackathon: A National-Level Innovation Challenge
Aditya Institute of technology and management,tekkali · listed on Unstop
Register by 14 NovOnlineFree ₹50K 672 registered - CIVIC Hack 2026
Future Cities Institute · listed on Devpost
Register by 14 NovOnlineFree ₹92K 11 registered - Students of Global Impact
International Foundation for Sustainable Peace and Development · listed on Unstop
Register by 14 NovOnlineFree 109 registeredProject managementResearch - Project Last Mile: Analytics Case Challenge
Xavier School of Management (XLRI) · listed on Unstop
Register by 14 NovOnlineFree ₹15K 25 registered - NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree 1,967 registered - Homingo Hack Days: Online AI Hackathon
Homingo · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree ₹5K 1,022 registeredAI/MLAutomation - One Who Codes 2026 - A Portfolio Challenge
Acadable · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree ₹30K 408 registered - DSH Hacks V2 ($100k+ in prizes!)
STEMise · listed on Devpost
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree 1,003 registered - Mathematics for systems security
Software Engineering Club (DEV) · listed on Devpost
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree 169 registered - NorCal Hacks 27
Lynbrook Engineering Club · listed on Devpost
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree 25 registered - GTransformer AI Buildathon 2026 — AI for Global Good
GTransformer Foundation · listed on Devpost
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree ₹84K 8 registered - UGREEN Hackathon 2026 on AI NAS
UGREEN · listed on Devpost
Register by 16 NovOnlineFree ₹38.6L 1,285 registered - Green Shift Hacks
HackathonForEveryone · listed on Devpost
Register by 17 NovOnlineFree ₹11K 155 registered - Remote Robotics Hackathon
PES University (PESU), Bengaluru · listed on Unstop
Register by 17 NovOnlineFree ₹7KC++ - Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026
Meta · listed on Devpost
Register by 18 NovOnlineFree ₹8.4Cr 5,146 registered - TechFusion MERN Stack Coding Challenge 2026
HI-Tech Institute Of Engineering And Technology (HIET), Ghaziabad · listed on Unstop
Register by 19 NovOnlineFree ₹500 573 registered - CodeOdyssey '26
JECRC University (JECRCU), Vidhani, Jaipur, Rajasthan · listed on Unstop
Register by 19 NovOnline ₹9K 31 registered - Orbix - 48-Hour Global Open Innovation Hackathon
Makers Need More (MnM) · listed on Unstop
Register by 20 NovOnlineFree ₹12.5L 499 registeredProject managementResearch - Dakar Bitcoin Hack by BTrust
Dakar Bitcoin Days · listed on Devpost
Register by 20 NovOnlineFree ₹76K 160 registered - STEM2Connect AI Hackathon
STEM2Connect · listed on Devpost
Register by 21 NovOnlineFree 323 registered - Bridge The Gap Hacks
Bridge The Gap Hacks · listed on Devpost
Register by 21 NovOnlineFree 62 registered - Teens Hack Houston Hackathon
HackClub ✓⃝ · listed on Devpost
Register by 21 NovOnlineFree ₹25K 48 registered - CodeClash: The November Nexus 2026
Lets Code Community · listed on Unstop
Register by 21 NovOnlineFree ₹12K 835 registered - Craft N Code (Chattisgarh)
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bhubaneswar · listed on Unstop
Register by 22 NovOnline ₹50K 72 registeredCommunication - KUK VIRTUAL HACKATHON
Kelab UMNO Korea · listed on Devpost
Register by 22 NovOnlineFree ₹67K 22 registered - OBSCURA: Satellite AI Research Challenge
BTAJI CREW · listed on Devpost
Register by 24 NovOnlineFree ₹4K 47 registeredAI/MLResearch - HackTheFashion Global'26
FabricVTON · listed on Devpost
Register by 25 NovOnlineFree ₹37.8L 95 registered - K Hacks 4.0
Anna University (AU), Chennai · listed on Unstop
Register by 25 NovOnlineFree ₹6L 2,164 registered - Build Your First AI App
Yasir Insights · listed on Devpost
Register by 27 NovOnlineFree 296 registered - Pixels To Prognosis
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras · listed on Unstop
Register by 27 NovOnlineFree ₹35K 65 registeredComputer vision - Agents that act. Systems that answer. | Free Virtual Agentic-AI Hackathon
Studentchakra · listed on Unstop
Register by 28 NovOnlineFree 31 registered - Prajwalan - 2K26
Ramdeobaba University · listed on Unstop
Register by 28 NovOnlineFree ₹9K 1,158 registered - Global AI Builder’s Challenge
Refactor The World · listed on Devpost
Register by 28 NovOnlineFree 120 registered - Hacknexus
Mastermind Research Technologies · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 NovOnlineFree 392 registered - Craft N Code Tamil Nadu
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bhubaneswar · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 NovOnline ₹50K 8 registeredCommunication - Craft N Code Telangana
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bhubaneswar · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 NovOnline ₹50K 5 registeredCommunication - Craft N Code Delhi
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bhubaneswar · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 NovOnline ₹50K 5 registeredCommunication - Craft N Code Haryana
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bhubaneswar · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 NovOnline ₹50K 2 registeredCommunication - "National Research & Innovation Challenge Season 3 by 3SVK – 4.8K+ Registrations"
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTUH), Hyderabad · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 NovOnlineFree 4,869 registered - Anna AI OS Founding Builder Challenge 2026
Talentsec Technology (Hong Kong) Limited · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 NovOnlineFree 2,764 registered - CSC Winter Sparkathon
The Webb Schools CSC · listed on Devpost
Register by 30 NovOnlineFree ₹8K 105 registered - 305 Veterans Hackathon Edition November 2026 — 305Hackathons.vercel.app
GOOGLE DEVELOPER GROUP AT FIU · listed on Devpost
Register by 30 NovOnlineFree 23 registered - CTF - Capture The Flag
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras · part of SHAASTRA 2027, IIT · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 NovOnlineFree ₹70K 744 registeredSecurityTesting - National Online Hackathon 2026
EDXcellence LLP · listed on Unstop
Register by 1 DecOnlineFree 18 registered - CodeAstra India 2026 – National Hackathon
WeCodeCoders · listed on Unstop
Register by 2 DecOnlineFree 249 registered - CodeCrafters India 2026 - National Hackathon
HackWithPune · listed on Unstop
Register by 2 DecOnlineFree 257 registered - ML Empowerment Build Challenge 4.0
ML Empowerment Foundation · listed on Devpost
Register by 2 DecOnlineFree 75 registered - CodeElitePune - Hack With Pune
HackWithPune · listed on Unstop
Register by 3 DecOnlineFree 241 registered - Oblivion - The Ultimate Capture The Flag (CTF) Competition
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar · listed on Unstop
Register by 4 DecOnlineFree 771 registeredSecurityTesting - INNOVATE INDIA - Hackathon 2026
DevHarbour · listed on Unstop
Register by 6 DecOnlineFree ₹15K 48 registered - CyberPeace Foundation ISR Innovation Hackathon | Defence Intelligence Summit 2027
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras · listed on Unstop
Register by 7 DecOnlineFree ₹90K 2 registered - Rack It Up 2026: 48-Hour Online Hackathon by Rack'Em
Karma Enterprises · listed on Unstop
Register by 9 DecOnlineFree 325 registered - AI Agents for Founders Challenge — HETIC 2026
HETIC · listed on Devpost
Register by 18 DecOnlineFree ₹91K 187 registered - Codegeist 2026: Build with context. Ship with confidence.
Atlassian · listed on Devpost
Register by 22 DecOnlineFree 1,662 registered - Hacksprint 3.0
Karpagam Academy of Higher Education · listed on Unstop
Register by 28 DecOnlineFree 113 registered - The Code Vibes Hackathon 2.0
THE CODE VIBES · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 DecOnlineFree ₹10K 27 registered - evensonarisnord
HoustonHacks2026 · listed on Devpost
Register by 31 DecOnlineFree ₹13K 127 registeredCommunication - 305 CodeFest Edition December 2026 — 305Hackathons.vercel.app
COLORSTACKatFIU · listed on Devpost
Register by 31 DecOnlineFree 6 registered - InnovArt 2027: Art and Technology Hack Day
Binnovative · listed on Devpost
Register by 2 JanOnlineFree 305 registered - AETHOS - Day Zero
Together We Solve · listed on Unstop
Register by 7 JanOnlineFree 1,698 registeredAI/MLResearch - checkpoint 1 — games for good
Checkpoint · listed on Devpost
Register by 10 JanOnlineFree ₹10L 77 registered - DeveloperWeek 2027 Hackathon
DevNetwork · listed on Devpost
Register by 11 FebOnlineFree ₹5L 289 registered - AI for Human Impact: A Global BASIS Hackathon
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley · listed on Devpost
Register by 13 FebOnlineFree ₹8.6L 3 registered - MEGA Hackathon 2027
MegaHackathonLeague · listed on Devpost
Register by 21 FebOnlineFree 10 registered - GNEC Hackathon 2027 Winter - Compete For UN-Affiliated/NGO Internships & Prizes
Global NGO Executive Committee · listed on Devpost
Register by 26 MarOnlineFree ₹59K 20 registered - DeveloperWeek New York 2027 Hackathon
DevNetwork · listed on Devpost
Register by 17 JunOnlineFree ₹10.5L 18 registered
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Which of these are worth your weekend?
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Questions
How many online hackathons are open in India right now?
167, with 43 closing their registrations within a week. The list is refreshed from the organisers' listings through the day, and a hackathon leaves it when registration closes.
Do online hackathons give certificates and prizes?
91 of the 167 open online list a prize, ₹12.9Cr between them. Certificates depend on the organiser; each listing says what it gives.
Are online hackathons free to enter?
159 of the 167 open now are free to register for; the rest list a registration fee, shown against each one.
Which online hackathons have the biggest prizes?
Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026 (Meta) lists ₹8.4Cr, then PayPal AI Hackathon with ₹56.7L. Prize amounts are as the organisers list them.
Listings come from Unstop, Devpost, HackerEarth and Google Developer Groups, and each links to the organiser's own page to register. Dates, fees and prizes are as the organisers list them; check there before you commit.